Bob Shepard

Bob Shepard

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Media Specialist, UAB News
(205) 934-8934 
bshep@uab.edu

A 16-year veteran of UAB, Shepard previously had a career in television news, serving as a photographer, field producer and documentary producer at stations in Lexington, Ky.; Norfolk, Va.; and Birmingham. He spends a fair amount of free time canoeing the rivers of the southern Appalachians and believes that his beloved Chicago Cubs will win the World Series this year. Finally.

Beats include: Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital; Center for Aging; Center for Palliative Care; Comprehensive Neuroscience Center; Emergency Medicine; Gene Therapy Center; Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care; Gregory F. James Cystic Fibrosis Center; Heflin Genetics Center; Nutrition Sciences; School of Health Professions; School of Medicine; Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care
Wick Many, M.D., dean of the Montgomery Regional Campus, has been named to a list of 10 influential leaders shaping the River Region by the Montgomery Advertiser. 
UAB is part of a national study aimed at teaching medical students the best ways to help their future patients maintain a healthy weight.
Understanding how people respond to aspirin is key in terms of knowing who will benefit from it.
The renowned Association of American Physicians has selected four UAB physicians for induction.
Four UAB faculty members are named to endowed chair or professorship positions by the Board of Trustees.
A resuscitation study found another small step to help improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival.
A gift from Dialysis Clinic, Inc., in honor of a longtime professor of nephrology will be used to fund the DCI Edwin A. Rutsky, M.D., Distinguished Endowed Chair in Nephrology in the UAB School of Medicine.
UAB hosted over 200 surgeons and hospital administrators in a seminar about the growth and future of robotic surgery.
Preliminary results from UAB’s CBD oil studies show benefit in seizure control in some patients.
UAB agrees with City of Gardendale on land purchase for new medical facilities to enhance access to medical care.
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